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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-02-02
The Two Dromios of Camden.

A curious suit to recover damages
has been instituted in the Camden
county courts by Thomas P Curley,
q young lawyer, writes q Camden, N.
j., correspondent of the New York
Tribune. He has q twin brother,
John Curley, of the Philadelphia
Record. The twins dress alike, and
can hardly be distinguished apart. A
few days ago there was a prize-fght
near Camden, and John Curley at
tended the contest in his professional
capacity. Counselor Curley was at
home that night. The chief of police
was told of the fight, and detailed
some officers to make raid on the
barn where it was held. The two
fighters were smuggling each other in
good style when the posse of officers
entered the barn. The spectators ran
from the building in all directions, and
most of them, including John Curley,
succeeded in making their escape.
Curley, however, had been seen by
Police Officer Samuel Lee, who swore
out q warrant for the arrest of T.. P.
Curley. The latter was frantic with
rage over his arrest, and proved that
he was at home the night of the prize
fight. Hew at once discharged from
custody, and now sues Officer Lee to
recover $4,000 damages for false
arrest and Imprisonment.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-02-02
An Astonished EOniface.
From the BOSTON Post


When the late Rev. DR.. Kirkland
was president OF Harvard College, Por-
ter's famous hostelry in North Cam
bridge was afavorite resort, and many
q merry party gathered in the cold
winter days and nights about it's roar
ing wood fires. One of the chief at
fractions of Porter's was the clip" O.
delectahle compound oil a decidedly
spirituous flavor which acquired a.
characteristic "tone" by being heated
with q hot iron. The farmers and
drovers who frequented the noted hos
telry were not the only customers for
the flip. The college students keenly
appreciated it's attractions, and did
not hesitate to brave the coolest
weather to enjoy them.
Of course these practices did not
escape the attention of President
Kirkland, who resolved to ascertain
for himself the nature of the beverage
which the students INDUCED in. So he
went up to the old hosiery and asked
to see the landlord. Porter, who
knew the president, was greatly dis
turbed, as he knew he should receive g.
severe rebuke from the head of the
COllogo IOr catering 20 Uno CaSUeS
of convivially inclined students.
Porter" said Dr. Kirkland in grave
tone, 81 understand my young men
come up here and drink your flip"
eyes, SIR" replied the tavern keeper
in voice which told how he
deprecated the expected admonition,
sthey do" "Let me have some OF
that hiD." said the dignified president.
Whereupon mug OF the beverage was
brought out and was tasted by DR..
Kirkland. Then, fixing stern glance
upon Porter, who almost trembled
under it, the president said: "And
my young men come out here and
drink this stuff, do they?" eyes.
SIR" meekly replied the tavern keeper.
"Well," said DR.. Kirkland, draining
the mug, ST should think they
would"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-02-02
Reported Cure for Leprosy

| The Catholic Missions, q German
monthly publication, publishes a let
ter from Father Damiah, the mission
ary priest in the leper settlement at
Molokai, which contains the following
passage:
For about twenty years our most
distinguished physicians tried every
possible means to master this dread
full disease; but all their efforts failed
to check the spread of the distemper.
About three years ago g. white man
was seized with leprosy. Being very
wealthy, he preferred to go to Japan
rather than to submit to alifelopg ex-
lie in Molokai. In japan be contin-
ued for two years q course OF hydro.
pathic treatment under DR.. Goto.
He returned hither, accompanied by 8
son of DR.. Goto,with every appear
ance of g. perfect cure. About the
end of last year the health commit
| tee resolved to introduce, under
the supervision of DIR. Goto, the
Japanese treatment into heleper hos
pital, which is in the charge OF Fran
| ciscan Sisters at Kakaako, near Hon
olulu. Already then l felt inclined to
60 to Honolulu to consult DR.. Goto
about the disease, which had already
| made havoc with one Of my ears. At
this time however, my superlors did
not consider the step advisable. LAST
July, however, had occasion to per-
sonally satisfy myself of the success
which had attended the treatment in
question in the hospital of the Sisters
at Kakaako, and to carefully observe
it's method which consists in this:
Every day the leper has to take two
baths in hot water in which a certain
quantity of Japanese medicine has
been dissolved. After every meal he
has to take q small pill, and an hour
later an ounce of tea prepared from
the bark OF g. Japanese tree. This is
the whole treatment. Bothyoung Dr.
Goto and the white patient, of whom
| made mention above, have assured
me that in Japan many leper has
been completely cured by this treat
ment. Whatever truth there be in
this statement, must own that the
Improvement during these six months
in the condition ofmany lepers, whose
illness was already in g. very devel-
oped state, has been simply marvel
Gus. I think myself therefore, justl-
fed in seeing in this treatment glim-
mer of hope for our poor outcast lep-
ers of Molokai. King Kalakaua and
his prime minister honored me witbsa
visit during my short stay at Kakaa-
ko, near Honolulu. They told me it
was their intention to introduce the
same system of treatment in our great
leper settlement. look forward with
satisfaction to the day on which we
shall receive steam boiler which may
heat about fifteen bath tubs at the
same time. For few weeks / have
undergone the treatment in question.
At the same time | commenced the
treatment with about forty tc fifty of
my orphan children. Wehave already
derived some benefit from it. My work
seems lighter and my strength is re-
turning. Last Sunday for instance, /
said two masses and preached during
each without being obliged to sit down
and without feeling particularly wea-
ried.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-02-02
A Romeo on the Rampage.
From the Chicago Herald.

From the Chicago Herald.
The last seven years of his life Romeo
depended on one eye to guide his
elephantine way through life. The
other was shot out by his keeper,
Stuart Craven, one day in the fall Of
1865, on Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia,
after Romeo had broken down the
brick wall of the animal house at
Twenty-third Street, and Columbia
Avenue, the old Ridge Avenue street
railway depot, where Forepaugh was
wintering. Romeo took q notion to
wander, and after raising merry war
among the other animals he butted
down the brick wall of the house and
started down the Ridge. Stuart
Craven followed him with a shotgun
and emptied about q pound Of shot
into Romeo's leather hide. One load
took effect in one of his eyes and blind
ed him, and at the same time con-
quered the big brute so that he allowed
himself to be driven back to his quar-
ters.
In the fall of the same year Fore
paugn was showing in the National
Circus building, at Tenth and Callow-
hill Streets. Romeo was kept in q
portion of the building where he could
reach the roof with his head. One
day he took it into his big head to get
"bad," and he drove his keeper and
everybody else out Of his quarters
and kept them out for nearly two
weeks. He was entirely master of the
situation, and as soon as anybody
would attempt to go into him he
would work himself into fury and
try to break his chains, in the effort
to get at them. He raised the roof off
the walls with his head and burst out
q portion of the side walls. His water
had to be handed to him on the end
of q pole, and if the attendant dared
to show any portion of his body
Romeo would grab the bucket and let
fly. His keeper, Stuart Craven,
dropped q $500 diamond ring on the
floor of Romeo's stall just before he
got the spell, and it lay there in plain
sight for g. full week before he would
dare make an attempt to raise it.
Acouple of years later Romeo killed
an attendant called Canada Bill'' at
Marlboro, Pa, by throwing him
against wall aud then getting him in
front of him and kneeling upon him.
Mr.. Forepaugh put him in car to
ship him from Girard, Pa, to Phila-
delphia, and before the train had gone
twenty miles it was discovered Chat
Romeo was trying to become train
wrecker. He smashed the top and
sides of the car to splinters, and when
he got tired of that, began to rock the
car until it was in danger of topping
from the track. He had to be un-
loaded and driven to Philadelphia by
his keeper.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-02-02
PERSONALITIES.

DR.. MARY WALKER is beginning tt
show the effects of age.
THE Duke of Switzerland and Sil
Reginald Mcdonald havegone to Flor
ida.
MORE than fifty colored men hold
clerkships in the departments at
Washington, at salaries ranging from
81 900 to 81 900 per annum.
WTTRocK gave up the coal business
to go into the train-robbing industry
The transition was easy from Light
weight man to highwayman.-Bos
ton Transcript.
M. GOBLET, the head of the new
ministry in France, is said to be g.
beautiful built Tom Thumb, with g.
big head, staring and prominent blue
eyes, long, stubby-ended nose, and
an air of splendid self-confdence.
JENNIE JUNE thinks American wo-
men the youngest for their age in the
world. In ascertaining the ages of
American women Jennie must have
taken their word for it.-NorristoWD
Herald.
THE venerable Marshal MacMahon,
now 78 years old, continues to enjoy
robust health, but his two colleagues
are not SO favored. Marshal Le-
boeuf it's fast breaking down, land Mar
shall Canrobert is stone-deaf and a
martyr to the govt.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-02-02
a Loving Squirrel.
From the Atlanta Constitution.

The intensity of animal affection
has just beer pathetically illustrated
in this city. Three years ago Jacob
Gardner, of Bull Street, sold g. lady g.
large, black squirrel, which had at
tracted considerable attention while
at the store, On account of it's unusual
size and the beauty of it's coat.
The animal became the favorite pet
of it's purchaser, and was often given
the freedom of the house, and other
liberties not often enjoyed by it's kind
when in captivity we're extended to it.
Occasionally the chatterer left the
premises, but never failed to return
when night approached. 1t was the
object OF almost constant petting and
caressing, and nearly always slept
snuggled up in the arms of it's mis-
treSS.
A few days ago the owner left the
city for few days, leaving the squirrel
at home. The little animal soon
missed her and ran from room to
room, all over the house and grounds.
In search of her, giving unmistakable
evidence of GRIEF All efforts at conso-
lation on the part of others were un-
awaiting, ana Ine eQu1rrel refused
either to be comforted or to partsGke
OF food, from time to time giving vent
to pitiful little cries Indicative of grief.
After nearly q week had elapsed and
it became evident that the little sor-
rower's death was a. matter of only q
few days, the owner was notified and
returned home. Her arrival was
greeted with evidences of wild Joy by
the squirrel, which jumped into her
arms with all the signs of happiness
that it's weakened condition would
permit. It made every effort TO par.
take of the tempting food placed be-
fore it, but was unable to swallow
and on the following day, with it's
eyes turned almost pitifully into those
of it's mistress, it gasped out it's life
while lying in her arms.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-02-02
Perpetual Motion.

DIR. William 81. Gray of West Falls,
Md, is quite sure that he has at last
discovered the secret of perpetual mo-
ton, and has constructed wheel
which he thinks will run forever. 1t
derives it's motion from the attraction
ofgravitation,a mechanical movement
being placed on the wheel in such a
way that the descending side is the
heaviest. By the force of its action it
keeps the wheel steadily in motion.
The wheel is twenty-six inches in d.
ameter by eight inches in thickness,
and is mounted on wooden frame
resembling g. grindstone frame. The
wheel is keyed to q steel axle, which
rests on brass bearings. DIR. Gray has
had one of the machines at his house
working steadily for the past three
months. He labored twenty years
over his invention.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-02-02
Girls or Modern Greece.

The modern Greeks are, in one re-
spect at least, aiming as high as the
ancient Greeks; they are beginning to
conquer the world, at any rate, of the
East-by culture. Acorrespondent of
the Journal des Debats gives some &C.
count in this connection of the great
advance which higher education in
Greece has made in recent years. There
are thirty-three ''gymnasia" in the
kingdom, 200 secondary schools and
LIT primary schools. These are all
public. Among the private education
al establishments the first place must
be given to the Society for the Higher
Education of Women" in connection
with which lycee for girls was estab-
lished few years ago, with a staff of
seventy-six teachers and 1, 4S6 pupils.
Greeks send their girls there from all
parts Of the East. Education Is very
literally endowed in Greece, and the
sums which Greeks settled in foreign
countries send home for this purpose
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-02-02
Watches Not Made in England.

The following appears in an inter-
view with Sir John Bennett in the
Pail Mall Budget: You will acknow-
ledge at least, that the English watch
industry is in q wretched condition ?'
80 yes, grieve to say that that is g.
fact beyond question. / cannot give
you statistics; but / know that one
English firm which used to make ST.
600 watches year, now gets all it's
stock from Switzerland; that q num-
Der of operatives have been driven to
direct their skill to the manufacture
of telegraph instruments and electro
cal apparatus, as well as that of BIZ
cycles and tricycles, and that the great
majority of the remainder (many of
them men who used to earn their 93
B. week. have been driven into other
occupations-aye, even into the over
crowded ranks of the laborers. The
change which has come over the con-
dition of the watchmakers of England
is in truth most melancholy. The
number of English made watches
stamped in 1850, believe, exceeded
100000, a figure which proves that
we were then practically meeting the
wants Of the world for the most cost
ly description. Yet, if at this moment
Required 100 English lever watches
I don't know where I could them
in Clerkenwell, Indeed 7 am not
quite sure could get many more
even in Coventry-for Swiss made
movements are sent out from Coven-
try as we'll as from Clerkenwell as En-
glish made goods. In fact English
watches offered for sale have been
largely obtained, SO far at least as
their movements are concerned, from
Switzerland. The bulk of the English
watches made in Clerkenwell are the
form known as chronometers, and
these are made by German, Swiss and
French hands. And judging from B.
specimen chronometer which has just
been sent me from Switzerland it will
not be long, too, before the manu-
facture of thermometers is also trans
ferred from Clerkenwell to the CONT
nent. Yes, you will correctly express
the result of my experience and OBJ.
servation if you report me as declar-
ing that few English watches are now
made in England, and that even many
of the famed English chrouometers
are the work of foreigners settled in
England. The trade is almost gone;
the manufacture is virtually dead.
Yet while this is so, the Swiss alone
are exporting to US watches to the
value of over 100000 per an
num-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-02-02
Bigger Than Jumbo.

A Cleveland (O.) special says: Some
time ago Mr.. French, farmer resid-
ing in Brownhelm, Lorain County,
took q contract from the county COM
missioners to deepen the county ditch
and while at work at this, on his own
farm, made g. most remarkable dis
covery. At a depth of 4 feet from the
surface, and just below g. stratum of
gravel and blue clay, the skeleton of
an enormous animal was brought to
light. The bones of the head measured
feet in length and 81 feet in
width, and the socket that holds
the tusks was found to be
s inches in diameter. Twenty-four
rib bones were unearthed, each 5 feet
long and AZ inches wide, standing
edgeways. The ribs, instead of grow
ing to the backbone, as in the case of
most animals, were Joined to the
backbone by g. socket joint. The
grinders of the upper jaw are 8 inches
in length and 3% inches wide, and the
ivory teeth are white and clean. The
bones OF the feet measure 18 inches
across, and those of the hind leg from
the hook to the ankle joint are 5 feet
Inc height OF this enormous creature
is supposed to have been about 16
feet.
The state geologist, Mr.. Stone, of
Columbus, compared the bones OF the
animal with those of the skeleton OF
Barnum's elephant, Jumbo, and found
them to be one and half times larger
than those of the animal mentioned.
Mr.. Stone describes the huge beast as
q mammoth, not q mastodon, and
says that only three or four OF them
were ever known complete, and are
very rare in this country. Prof. Mil
roy, of one of the universities OF Con-
necticut, has examined the bones, and
offered Mr.. French 81 900 for his find,
but 1t has been refused. Biologists
claim that the mammoth existed over
1000 years ago.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-02-02
Stole His Speech.
From the Cleveland Plaindealer

From the Cleveland Plaindealer.
Politicians tell some good stories
relative to their campaigns, and es-
pecially in reference to the manner of
their introduction by presidents of
meetings. Sometimes two speakers
travelling together take different top
les, and by arrangement avoid the
discussion of the same subject. In
1866, when Gen. Isaac r. Sherwood,
of Toledo, was candidatefor secretary
of state, he was accompanied on his
campaigning tour by Mahlon Chance,
OF Fremont. Sherwood, as the can
didate, always had the opening speech.
At Lancaster one day Sherwood was
late in dining, and when he arrived at
the meeting he found the fowery
Chance in full blast speaking. To
Sherwood's utter astonishment
Chance was repeating substantially
his speech, and telling the anecdotes
he illustrated his effort with. Chance
proceeded, and when he concluded the
General closed with brief ralIying
speech, intimating that he was unwell
and that Chance had exhausted the
subject thoroughly.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-02-02
A New Motive Power.

From the st. Louis Globe Democrat
An engine to be driven by a. new mo-
tive power, as stated some time ago
in the Globe Democrat, is at present
being constructed at the Fulton Iron
works, and is designed for use on the
steamboat War Eagle. The motor is
practically new, although it has in
Eastern cities been successfully ap-
piled to stationary engines. It's APP
plication generally to locomotive and
marine as we'll as to stationary
engines Is now said to be among the
probabilities. 1t is called s'the triple
thermic motor" It's feature is It's
fuel saving qualities, which lower the
running expense at rs per cent. The
perfection of the invention has been
30 quiet that nothing as yet has been
heard of it. The direct agents en-
ployed are water and carbon bisul-
phide, q colorless liquid formed by
burning coke Or charcoal in sulphide
vapor. Expansive force is the object
desired for motor, and the ratio be-
tween water and carbon bisulphide in
that respect is as one to twenty-one
In the construction of an engine there
is required q generator, boiler, engine,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-02-02

Mr.. Du Bose thinks that the three
religions of China, founded by Confu-
cius, Buddha and Lao Use, stand in
relation to each other moro like
friendly denominations at home, than
as contending systems. "Confucian-
ism is based on morality, Buddhism
on idolatry, and Taoism on supersti-
ton. The first is man-worship, the
second image-worship, and the third
spirit-worship. From another point
OF view, the orthodox faith is charac-
terized by an absence of worship, the
Indian faith by q worship of the seen.
and the native faith by the fear of the
unseen. Confucianism deals more
with the dead past, Buddhism with
the changing future, while Taoism is
occupied with the evils of the present.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-02-02

with reckless look that did not es-
cape Knapp, who quickly asked,
"Have you the papers here?" 'No,
but come with us, we'll go where they
are"
Knowing they were armed and 9TH
erwise prepared to force him to sign,
he readily followed, but once on the
street soon handed them over to the
police. His quick wit and calm ceur-
age often served him better than dead
ly weapons could. Indeed, he never
went armed.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-02-02
and condenser. The generator is a

and condenser. The generator is a
common locomotive portable boiler,
filled with water in the usual manner.
The boiler is plain tubular one, sur
rounded by an iron shell and having
at each end q heat-receiving and dis
tributiDg chamber. These chambers
are connected with the generator by a
pipe, and with each other by the tubes
of the boiler. The boiler is filled with
carbon bisulphide. The cylinder OF
the engine and the boiler are connected
by 8 steampipe which is inclosed in g.
pipe that connects the casing of the
boiler and jacket of the steam-chest.
The condenser is the same as that Of
the ordinary steam engine. The heat
from the steam generated from the
water passes under the boiler and
heats the carbon bisulphide, the steam
returning to the chambers, and when
condensed to the steam boiler. The
volatized bisulphide exerts it's energy
on the engine, and is condensed and
by pump returned to a boiler. The
parts of the machinery exposed to
the action Of the vapor ofthe bisul-
phide is fabricated by graphite. Steam
is used to carry the heat, and the bi-
suphide is used to propel machinery,
each being the best agent known for
the respective work. Several scien-
tiff, men to whom the invention has
been submitted have expressed them
selves AS satisfied of it's practicability,
and predict it's general use when bet
ter known. 1t is claimed also, that
there is an assurance of almost per-
feet safety from explosion. The trial
of the War Eagle will take place early
in the coming season.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-02-02
Shepherd F. Rnapp's shrewdness.

Washington Letter to Minneapolis Tribune.
When Fernando Wood was mayor
he appointed him street commits.
sioner. / have forgotten how long he
served in that capacity, but one even
ing when sharp contest was going on
as to how much money should be ex-
pended on certain streets In the neigh
Dorhood of the Bowery, he fell into
the company of several sharpers in a
saloon. 1t was dangerous locality
and the men were desperate charac-
tiers. Considerably under the influence
of liquor, two OF the men approached
him and said, "Knapp, we want you
to sign an agreement to make the
changes you were talking about the
last time we saw YOU" It was SAID
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-02-02

is very large. One result, of course, is
that the Greeks are almost entirely in
possession of the learned professions
in Turkey. Illlteracy, too, is rare in
the kingdom. In the most out-of-t he
way hill countries you will see little
st ives -
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-02-02

Christopher COLDER, an old man
who recently bought a lot in tbs vii
lage cemetery at Freeport, l.. l., and
built house on it, has been declared
dangerously insane.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1887-02-02

The claims against the fugitive de-
faulter, George M. Bartholomew, ag-
gregate 81, 1923, O55.78.